With some of his first Australian bred weanlings set to go under the hammer at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale this week, Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) posted a new juvenile stakes-winner overnight in France.

Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The race for leading 2yo sire for individual winners looks like going down to the wire after Spirit Of Boom joined Better Than Ready when Boomster opened his account over 1200m at Ipswich on Wednesday.

Eureka Stud’s first-season stallion Encryption celebrated his first stakes winner with Cifrado in the Group II Spirit Of Boom Stakes at Doomben on Saturday, and Fleetwood kept the ball rolling in the Proven Thoroughbreds Maiden Hcp (1100m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Connections of stakes winning two-year-old Codigo are considering a trip to Australia next month for their unbeaten youngster.

It was something of a given that Extreme Warrior would be well supported by broodmare owners when he retired to Rosemont Stud last spring.

The Vancouver two-year-old Capper Thirtynine achieved the notable feat of running down a Waterhouse-Bott front-runner when opening his winning account in the Bendigo Mazda Maiden Plate (1100m) at Bendigo on Wednesday.

The Magic Millions Weanling Sale is packed with opportunity and given the sale produced a filly by The Autumn Sun from Via Africa (SAfr) that sold for $600,000 and then went on to top the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale this year at $1.8million, we’ve decided to take a look at some of the pedigree highlights.

Pignan (NZ) (Staphanos), Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) and Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkles) are just three recent Group One-winning examples of the calibre of weanlings that can be purchased through New Zealand Bloodstock, and the catalogue for the 2023 National Weanling & Broodmare Sale contains plenty of well-credentialled candidates to deliver further success.&n

Back at the 2013 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale the top priced offering was Group I winning Fastnet Rock mare Nechita, who was bought by Tom Magnier for $1.55million, and she gave us a One to Watch overnight in the UK at Sandown.

Fastnet Rock’s super talented daughter Passive Aggressive has been retired to stud following a below par run in the Group I SAJC Robert Sangster Stakes.

A quick ready reckoner comparing type for type for first season sires with progeny on offer at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale is always a popular feature of the site.

Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners Association(TROA) chairman, Jonathan Munz, has urged Racing Victoria (RV) to use common sense and reduce its own overheads and inefficiencies and rein in “pet projects” before pursuing any proposed prizemoney cuts.

Blue Gum Farm have welcomed the arrival of Sejardan to the farm where he will stand alongside proven Group I sire Flying Artie.

Cambridge trainer Ben Foote is pleased with his Group Three winning three-year-old filly Sakura Girl, who will have her first start in Brisbane on Saturday when she contests the Gr.2 The Roses (2000m) at Doomben.

Dean Harvey is presenting a lovely selection of young mares under his Baystone Farm banner at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale starting on Tuesday May 23.

Leading filly Ulanova has temporarily relocated to Australia to prepare for the early part of her upcoming three-year-old season.

Haunui Farm will once again welcome four-time Group One winner and two-time Champion Miler RIBCHESTER (IRE) back in 2023 for his fourth season at stud in New Zealand.

Justify (USA) has emerged a clear leader on the first season sire table with five winners from 10 runners including three stakes-winners, so with only 56 foals in his third crop the small number of weanlings by the Triple Crown winner offered at the Gold Coast this week will generate plenty of interest.

Here is the full list of 20 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were plenty of stakes horses in action at the Randwick trials on Monday including grand sprinter Eduardo and quality filly Revolutionary Miss, who both saluted and there were also eight heats for juveniles.

A Frankel filly deemed “arguably the best weanling filly to be offered anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere this year’’ headlines a strong catalogue for the Great Southern Sale, which is now available online.

Wessex, the brilliant second-crop daughter of Turn Me Loose who won the Gr.3 Rotorua Stakes last Saturday, further enhanced her own value as well as her young sire’s growing tally of stakes winners to become Turn Me Loose’s third three-year-old Group winner this season and seventh individual stakes winner to date.

The star studded supplementary catalogues for the Magic Millions National Weanling and Broodmare Sales have been finalised with more highlight lots set for the Gold Coast auction.

The two-year-old Lean Mean Machine debutant Material Dreams created a considerable impression when a fast-finishing winner of the Robin Hood Inn Maiden (1100m) at Moe on Monday.

The MM National Broodmare Sale starts next Tuesday (May 23 – 25) and with a bumper catalogue filled with premium breeding prospects the task of identifying star producers of the future can be daunting which is why the advice of an expert with a tried and proven database can be a game changer.

Three Group I winning three year-olds in France overnight at Longchamp and two sired by sons of Galileo with the third from a daughter of the legendary Coolmore stallion.

Telemon Stud have announced their 2023 service fees headlined by a resurgent Golden Slipper Sire in SIDESTEP at $8,800.

Here is the full list of 72 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The two year-old action is hotting up in Queensland with the carnival in full swing and two impressive maiden winners at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday might have more to offer and are by gun Queensland sires Spirit of Boom and Better Than Ready.

A Blue Point colt from Supreme Thoroughbreds became the equal second-highest priced horse ever sold at an Inglis Gold Sale, topping today’s action at Oaklands.

When my bloodstock agent friend Satomi Oka asked if I would come with her on a Snowy Mountains riding and camping trek for her birthday this year it gave me an opportunity to do something I had always wanted to do and with my trusty Cousin Jane on board for the adventure three city girls set out last week for a taste of Snowy Wilderness.

For successful breeding outcomes, timing is everything. The horse’s natural reproductive period coincides with the light-filled days of summer. As seasonal breeders, the naturally lengthening days of spring suppress melatonin and in turn stimulate reproductive hormones that maximise fertility for both mares and stallions.

At just 21 years of age, Kurtis Pertab is surrounded by many far more qualified and experienced racing industry people.

An unmissable event in the sales calendar, the ARQANA Breeze Up was organised over three days this year and produced rercord results. Following the canters on the grass at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse on Thursday and a day of inspections on Friday, the sale began on Saturday morning at 11am.

The Listed Lingfield Derby and Oaks Trials were run and won overnight in the UK with Godolphin homebreds that are both by sons of Galileo, one of them highlighting an explosive nick.

Scone-based trainer Luke Pepper has set lofty goals for his Rubick filly Opal Ridge after she slammed her elders in the Listed Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) at Scone on Saturday.

Here is the full list of 114 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Smart Missile mare More Prophets did not fancy becoming a mum and returned to training after missing to Pierro last spring. She celebrated with a dominant win in the Group III Emirates Park Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) at Scone on Saturday.

The Shooting To Win mare Majestic Shot gave trainer Grant Allard a welcome change of luck when she claimed a maiden stakes success in Saturday’s Listed Magic Millions Bright Shadow Stakes at Doomben.

A half-sister to $3.5million earner Dalasan, progressive So You Think filly Party Princess has been promising to win a stakes race for a while now and got the job done in style when scoring a commanding victory in the Listed SAJC Adelaide Guineas (1600m) at Morphettville on Saturday.

The Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale perennially attracts a galaxy of glamours and one star lot guaranteed to shine at next week’s 3-dayer is the stakes winning mare, East Asia.

Fiorente (IRE) mare Lunar Flare is at her best at a long distance staying trip and she showed her class when thrashing hot favourite White Marlin (IRE) to win the $500,000 Listed VRC Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday.

A champion's qualities were on show at Doomben on Saturday when Giga Kick claimed his second Group 1 in the $1,500,000 Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 (1200m).

Kiwi three-year-old Special Swey has bolstered Chris Waller’s Queensland arsenal, making an instant impact for the Champion trainer when scoring a game victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Rough Habit Plate (2000m).

After conquering Tasmania, the three-year-old Dundeel gelding Dunkel returned to the mainland for a career highlight in Saturday’s Group 1 Thomas Farms South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville.

After Commando Hunt claimed the Listed Scone Cup on Friday, Kitchwin Hills’ ill-fated stallion Time For War struck again when It'sourtime broke a twelve months drought in the Listed Hilton Nicholas Straight Six at Flemington on Saturday.

Free-going three-year-old filly Wessex proved too swift for her older rivals in Saturday’s Gr.3 Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m) as she secured a dominant front-running victory.

Godolphin gang tackled Saturday's Listed Coolmore Denise's Joy Stakes (1100m) with four runners, and fittingly it was a descendant of Denise's Joy that saluted in track record time.

Stakes-placed in his first preparation over the summer, talented Encryption colt Cifrado became the first stakes-winner for Eureka Stud’s young gun sire when scoring a thrilling last stride win in the $300,000 Group II BRC Spirit of Boom Classic (1200m) at Doomben in Saturday.

Up and coming stayer Poser showed just how tough she is when producing a determined finish to claim victory in the Listed Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup (2200m).

Godolphin’s four-year-old Exceed And Excel gelding Athelric earned a second stakes win when defeating the luckless Quantico in Saturday’s Listed Arrowfield Ortensia Stakes (1100m) at Scone.

Returning to Coolmore this spring, Triple Crown hero Justify (USA) posted a third Australian stakes-winner when blue-blood colt Air Assault delivered on potential to win the Group III SAJC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday.

An Arrowfield stud bred two year-old was expected to win the juvenile event at Flemington on Saturday, but the one that saluted was not the one punters were thinking.

The two-year-old Snitzel filly Hip Hip Hurrah kept her record at a perfect two for two with a fighting win in a thrilling Listed Kia Ora Woodlands Stakes (1100m) at Scone on Saturday.

OTI Racing colours were carried to victory overnight in the UK by a couple of lightly raced impressive three year-old winners and given the likelihood so many of their horses ultimately come and race in Australia we decided to take a closer look.

Here is the full list of 46 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

Having opened bidding on Wednesday, Karaka-based breeder Rosemary Carter was in for the long haul to secure Burgundy Rose (NZ) (Burgundy Rose) with a final winning bid of $52,500 for the stakes-placed sprinter on Friday night.

From Scone to Doomben, Morphettville, Flemington, and Belmont, a mind-boggling seventeen-stakes races will keep enthusiasts entertained on Saturday – some off-season.

It was a local winner of Friday’s $200,000 Listed Darley Scone Cup (1600m), but perhaps not the one punters were hoping for.

Gooree Park has announced that prolific sire, Your Song, will again stand this season at a fee of $5,500.

Two proven sires with over 120 individual winners this season between them will comprise the 2023 Riverdene Stud stallion roster, and at a reduced advertised service fee from last year’s covering season despite a steady stream of ongoing success.

From a select group of only four broodmares based at Curraghmore, Sir Owen Glenn has now bred two Group One winners on opposite sides of the Tasman and over wildly different distances.

A $6,000 yearling purchase, the 2yo Mikki Isle (JPN) gelding Love Shuck provided Canberra-based trainer Todd Smart a career highlight in the $200,000 Inglis 2yo Challenge (1100m) at Scone on Friday, but he was made to sweat for it.

Over 300 industry leaders, clients, and supporters attended the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association 2023 Annual Awards in Scone to recognise the Hunter’s elite equine athletes and celebrate the achievements of remarkable people in our industry.

The Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association is very proud to pay tribute to three exceptional employees, in the fields of administration, horsemanship and leadership.

Mogumber Park has tapped into the precocious Capitalist sireline with news his Group 2 winning sprinter Marine One will stand alongside Champion WA 2yo sire Safeguard at Bullsbrook.

Darley’s sire phenomenon, Dubawi – who produced seven individual Group 1 winners in 2022 – has notched up his 254th stakes winner overnight with 3YO San Antonio capturing a noted Epsom Derby trial: the Boodles Dee Stakes at Chester.

The 2yo Cable Bay (IRE) filly Tiz Time opened her winning account when downing the highly touted Grunt debutant Miraval Rose in a maiden plate over 1200m at Pakenham on Thursday.

The HTBA President’s Award for Lifetime (Industry) Achievement is presented in recognition of an individual for their many years of dedication and service to Thoroughbred breeding, research and education and for campaigning to preserve and protect the Hunter Valley’s proud Thoroughbred breeding industry and heritage.

The 2yo Your Song gelding Super News made a winning career debut in the Coca-Cola Europacific Maiden (1100m) at Wyong on Thursday in a manner that suggests better days ahead.

Given that he was a 2YO winner pre-Christmas, won the Group 1 Champagne to cap a tremendous juvenile season … then ran Anamoe to a half-length second in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas at three, it’s hardly surprising Captivant was a popular choice for breeders when he retired to Kia Ora Stallions last spring.

Although not listed on the Aquis Farm roster for this spring, Champion British First Season Sire, Aclaim covered 77 mares in 2022 in his sole trip down under.

Tasmania’s Grenville Stud have announced a fee increase for Stratosphere after a strong season with his first crop runners.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his second Federal Budget last night, with many new tax announcements and initiatives.

Frankel’s 115th stakes winner overnight – in the Group 3 Chester Vase – may well provide champion jockey, Frankie Dettori, with a third and final Epsom Derby after Arrest notched up his third race victory with a 6.5 length romp.

One of the country's most talented, untapped and lightly raced fillies will provide buyers with a rare opportunity in the upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast.

There is no shortage of horse racing and/or breeding operations who want to maximise the usage of their property through the providing of agistment services.

Dual Group One winning mare Roch ‘N’ Horse has been retired, with owners Sam and Catriona Williams announcing who will be her initial mating.

New Zealand’s Waikato Stud have announced book full for Ardrossan off the back of his impressive first season results.

One of fourteen horses sold at Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale following the death of The Queen, Naval College (GB) improved on his Australian debut second at Randwick on April 25 to open his account in the Precise Air (Bm64) (1800m) at Randwick Kensington on Wednesday.

A luckless fifth on debut at Warwick Farm on April 19, the elegant 2yo Maurice (JPN) filly Azula made no mistake at start two when leading at every call over 1400m at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday.

Last year's Champion first season stallion in North America, Bolt d'Oro (USA), sired his third winner from his one Australian-conceived crop when Bolted In made a winning debut at Balaklava on Wednesday.

With the late scratching at the barriers of Grand Larceny and Rhesus, the Zoustar debutant Hearcomesthestar faced off against five opponents in the Ladbroke It Maiden Plate at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday and still found herself posted three deep the trip.

Kitchwin Hills have announced fees for Graff and Dubious for 2023.

Queensland’s Grandview Stud have announced fees for their two stallions, Winning Rupert and Norealism.

Gavelhouse Plus auctions have been a rich source of quality additions to the Yulong broodmare band over the last 12 months, and that trend continued on Tuesday with the $800,000 purchase of Group One winner Belle En Rouge (NZ) (Burgundy).

We all get a little bedazzled at the massive prices forked out for bloodstock: indeed, there have been no less than 46 seven figure lots at the Gold Coast Magic Millions and Inglis Easter alone in 2023.

There were a dozen trials at Warwick Farm on Tuesday with the opening act a win for Golden Slipper winner, Fireburn, but it was the 2YO heats that really caught the attention … especially the performances of some unraced youngsters.

‘Value to be found’ is a proven fact at the Inglis Gold sale with stakes winners and well-respected buyers choosing to source their next stable star at Oaklands Junction.

Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible has experienced any number of highlights over the past couple of seasons: Home Affairs, Imperatriz, In Secret, Lombardo and Marabi to name just a handful of his Group 1 winners.

Former explosive juvenile Paris Dior is the headline act of the first release of supplementary

There’s very little chance that Woodside Park’s Mark Dodemaide will be moving far from the TV on Saturday afternoon, particularly given that Overpass will be tackling the sprinting elite in the $1.5 million Doomben 10,000.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s newly formed National Weanling and Broodmare Sale catalogue is now live, with the 253-lot Sale set to be held on Friday 16 June.

Horse racing can be a harsh mistress and the funeral of Dean Holland is a stark reminder of the dangers facing jockeys every time they hop into a saddle.

Six people and four horses were inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame on Sunday night in a gala dinner in Hamilton.

Luigi Muollo’s Novara Park Stud near Cambridge will stand four stallions this season, spear-headed by exciting young stallion Staphanos at $15,000 + GST.

A stakes double on Sunday highlighted by Champagne Color (JPN) in the Group 1 NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo underscores the tragedy of losing Duramente (JPN) at just nine in 2021.

Monumentally picturesque, Torryburn Stud, was the inspiration for Doreatha Mackellar’s famous poem, ‘My Country’ – land of sweeping plains et al – but the farm’s run of success in recent years has hardly been confined to Our Country.